We also sent you Celine Dion.

You're welcome...

;-)

cheers,
frank

"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- 
Christopher Hitchens

--- Original Message ---

From: John Sessoms <[email protected]>
Sent: August 25, 2012 8/25/12
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: OT: A comment on Canada

From: Bruce Walker

> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 2:16 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
>> From: "knarftheriault
>>
>>> It's kind of nice being next to you guys. We get many cultural and
>>> economic benefits without the guns, crime and uber-right wing
>>> politics. Plus we have socialized medicine and a decent social safety
>>> net.
>>>
>>> We get to be smug and feel superior but we also reap the benefits of
>>> proximity.
>>>
>>> I know your post was humour but I think a better analogy than living
>>> next to the Hell's Angels clubhouse was made by our late Prime
>>> Minister Pierre Trudeau: Living next to the US is like a mouse
>>> sleeping next to an elephant. The elephant may intend no harm but the
>>> mouse needs to be aware of its every twitch and movement. To lack
>>> such awareness might lead to being crushed.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> frank
>>
>>
>> And how did y'all show your gratitude for all the wonderful benefits you've
>> derived from living "next door" to us?
>>
>> Sent us William Shatner!
>
> We also sent you Dorothy Stratten, but you did not take good care of
> her. No point sending you anything that we care about you damaging.
> :-)

Paul Snider was also from Vancouver.

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